Three Guilty in Atom Spy Case Rosenberg Sobell and Wife
In New York on March 3, a jury convicted Julius Rosenberg Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell of passing wartime atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The verdict followed seven hours of deliberation and carries potential death penalties.
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New York
Russia
United States
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton Sobell
Pappy Fuchs
England
Diae Pongs
Naga
Japan
David Greenglass
Ethelsenberg
Greenglass
Strike Halt Tries to Avert Walkout Amid Mediation Push
TWUA reports show no clear sign of suspending plans as the March 16 deadline nears. A definite threat of strike remains, with federal mediators failing to progress and talks continuing at mills in Durham Greensboro Leaksville Spray and Danville. Negotiations involve Erwin Mills Cone Mills Fieldcrest Dan River and several Lowenstein facilities in New York and Charlotte figures.
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TWUA
Federal
Vely
Ccn
Washington
Erwin Mills
Durham
Cone Mills
Greensboro
Fieldcrest Mills
Leaksville- Spray
Dan River Mills
Danville
Carolina
M. Lowenstein
New York
Inpe Bil D
Yates Heafner
Charlotte
Seth
Brewer
Rails Boost Stock Market Rally In New York
In New York on March 29 the stock market rose with railroads leading the rebound from the prior session. Carrier stocks gained nearly two dollars a share while other issues advanced over one dollar, with leaders including New York Central Santa Fe Union Pacific Milwaukee Road Pan American World Airways American Telephone Kennecott Copper stake Mining American Union Carbide American Can International Paper U S Steel Chrysler Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft and Radio Corp.
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New York Central
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
the Milwaukee Road
Pan American World Airways
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
Stake Mining
American Union Carbide
American Can
International Paper
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft
Radio Corp
Optimism On New Russian Proposals
Western officials greeted Soviet proposals for a foreign ministers conference with cautious optimism. Gromyko dropped demands on German rearmament and the Potsdam terms, and for the first time included the level of armaments of the Big Four on the agenda while seeking talks on arms reductions.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
U. S
Crackles on stump speeches as roots of matters fade
A brief column laments that stump speeches have faded and modern speakers seldom reach core issues, noting a shift in public discourse and stressing the loss of direct engagement with fundamental topics.
Allies Inch Slowly Ahead As Reds Laugh Off MacArthur Peace Talks
Australian Diggers and Canadian Princess Pats gained ground on the muddy central Korean front while Communist defenses stiffened in other sectors. China rejected MacArthur's peace bid, calling it impertinent and a laugh, as U. S. Fifth Air Force jets tangled with enemy forces. Filipino troops and other Allied units made minor advances amid heavy fighting along the Chunchon–Seoul corridor and towards Uijongbu.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
Princess Pats
China
Korea
A Peining
Ing MacArthur
Red China
Ter Border
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Seoul
Stretc
Ikete
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Ates
Uijongba Dure
Chunoe
Can MacArthur
Prey
Grocers Begin Working On New Pricing System
Washington March 29 1948 Grocers move to a government ordered price controls transferring about 60 percent of foods to fixed ceilings. Markups set by OPS will determine ceilings with a six month target for full community pricing. April 5 to 30 set transfer deadlines and daily ceiling revisions after April 30.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Salle
Firing on Americans spurs Berlin protest and meet
In Berlin on March 29 East German police fired on a sightseeing convoy of American soldiers. Maj. Gen. Lemuel Mathewson asked Sergei Dengin for a formal protest and assurances of safe Allied travel in four power Berlin. British Cmdr Bourne joined in denouncing the incident at the border where sectors meet.
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Berlin
U. S
Berlin’ Platz
Lemuel Mathewson
Sergei Dengin
Soviet Control Commission
East Berlin
Mathewson
East
Geoffrey K. Bourne
Five Per Cent National Sales Tax Recommended
The Committee for Economic Development urged a five per cent national retail sales tax and a $6 billion cut in government spending plus a $10 billion tax rise to balance the federal budget. It also proposed tighter air credit limits and a private savings program projected to yield 2 to 3 billion dollars in fiscal 1952.
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Washington
UMA
Committee For Economic Development
The
Business Research Organization
Marion B. Folsom
Eastman Kodak Rochester
Truman
House
Ways and Means
Snyder
Record Budget Measure Heads to House Debate
Raleigh March 29 A joint appropriations committee endorsed a biennial budget bill and a companion measure shifting control of two large state funds. The package requests over 502 million dollars for operating state agencies and 3.35 million for permanent improvements. It would create an Advisory Budget Commission to approve allocations from the contingency and emergency fund and highway surplus, reducing governor authority.
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Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Scott
Advisory Budget Commission
Council of State
of State
Alger Hiss Begins Jail Routine At Northeastern Penitentiary
Alger Hiss, serving a five year perjury term, entered Northeastern penitentiary in Lewisburg Pennsylvania with nine others for routine medical exams and background interviews. He will receive a medical check and later be assigned work and quarters at month end.
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Lewisburg
Alger Hiss
Northeastern Penitentiary
State Department
Weather Summary For Charlotte On March 28
Official Weather Bureau records show the 24 hour period ending at 7 30 a m with temperature and rainfall data for Charlotte. Unclear specifics due to fragmented text but notes an archival weather update.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
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